- Feb 3 Jane Wilde, Irish poet, nationalist and mother of Oscar Wilde, dies at 74
- Feb 4 Henry David Leslie, English composer, dies at 73
- Feb 6 Abraham van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
- Feb 12 Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (Mignon), and music professor, dies at 84
- Feb 12 Isaac Murphy, American jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
- Feb 13 Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer, dies at 73
- Feb 15 E. J. Nicholson [Eliza Jane], American publisher (New Orleans' "Daily Picayune"), dies at 47
- Feb 26 Arsène Houssaye, French novelist and poet, dies at 80
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